• In an article about the impending UK referendum on a possible change to the alternative vote system, the Joseph Rowntree Foundation was once again wrongly described as a big donor to the Yes campaign for AV. The foundation has asked us to make clear that the donor is the Joseph Rowntree Reform Trust Ltd. The trust funds political and campaigning work it believes will enhance democracy and social justice, whereas the foundation is a charity that supports work to identify the roots of social problems (Labour's Beckett defends funding of no campaign by Tory donors, 3 May, page 20).

• A story headlined EU debates sanctions as Syria toll rises (29 April, page 24) mentioned that one idea being discussed by officials was suspension of an EU association agreement with Damascus. A reader queried this, noting that Syria has yet to sign the agreement. To clarify, the story was correct: one of the penalties being considered was indeed the freezing of progress on finalising the agreement, which Brussels had earlier cleared for signature on its side.

• A big, map-centred graphic accompanied a feature looking at whether political upheavals in the Middle East and Maghreb will spread south in Africa (Summer of discontent, 30 April, pages 30-31). But when writing about Sudan the map text pointed to Niger.

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